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We are fortunate to publish a incipit, very personal for this page. Staff but at the same time. Read and believe.
- pseudo REFLECTIONS A SERIAL SGE . Les Annales (Paul Perantoni)
October 2009. With the most complete and innocent happiness, holding the card that identified me as a neo-matriculated SGE, started my new college experience. Of course, there was still three years to put a thesis paper - "Paul, we want to do with this argument?" - "Do not worry Professor: I have everything in mind, I solo scrivere!”. Nonostante questo, la voglia di frequentare lezioni finalmente diverse da quelle della triennale era tale da farmi trascinare nel vortice SGE. (Forse un tunnel, più che un vortice).
Frequentando le scarne lezioni del primo semestre una cosa mi era chiara: nonostante avessi fatto un curriculum storico mi pareva di non aver mai letto nulla di significativo in materia. Veramente troppi i libri fondamentali per una consapevolezza storica di base , troppo poco il tempo per leggerli solo per cultura personale! Come se già fossero pochi i testi in programma per affrontare un esame: ma sì, già che ci siamo mettiamocene qualche more so, "so much for culture."
Steps' s Apology History Bloch, a small book, small, inexpensive, nice writing, one can not help reading it and, given its size, it is widely acceptable. What then, I do not know about you, but Bloch has fascinated me. Let's be clear: I do not like men (and, it was, Bloch was not Johnny Depp), but his life was truly an adventure. I can imagine me with his bike, turn the country roads of Strasbourg and at some point - tac - stops. For the first time seeing those fields in a different way - in a certain diachronic - and realizes that follow the medieval structure. I just see him with those whiskers, is busy writing books for many brilliant insights, and with rifle in hand, ready to defend their country invaded. And then its fine, worthy of an epic hero greek: How can you not be impressed? Very well - then at least read kings and miracle workers Feudal Society. Useful for a scholar of modern history? Not really, but it's worth, are well written.
then abandon the beautiful image of Bloch and Let's go deeper into the Annales school. Incidentally, if there is a word that the first-year students can not hear anymore, it's "Annales". Whatever lesson you follow, any professor is talking about whatever topic is being dealt with at that moment, one thing is certain: everything leads to the Annals! And so, as refrain from reading Civilizations and empires of the Mediterranean in the Age of Philip II, Braudel ? Opera gigantic scary just to browse the index. What's more, you stop even thinking that this thesis is derived from Braudel: the series "how to make you feel a protozoan, you, young hopefuls, with your miserable essay that will never change anything in the landscape studies.
The same is true for all books by Le Goff, author of more monumental, much more verbose of his classmates. What to read? Mah in doubt, leggiamoli all (just a life?) And remember that "the document is a monument" - yes, whatever. Scroll down the list and further add to the pile of books that accumulates too mercilessly Civilization and History of trivial things Braudel and Roche, respectively, to understand that we can study objects too humble, because after all history is made fragments. These are actually read them to me, more for the sake of argument that for fun.
Already, the idea sooner or later must also write that - "Remember that missing little Paul! "- as if I did not know already. But are we really sure you want to talk about ceramics in the modern age? Would not it be interesting to stay in their small and friendly village in the province, perhaps by studying the historical development, demographic and urban development. "Nice idea, because you do not read Montillaou Le Roy Ladurie?" - (Slight moment of hesitation) "Well, but no." The Unbearable awareness of being a freshman is this: the enormity of regret of all knowledge, and apologize Duby Furet, and finally return to the microcosm of the thesis, which continues to claim.
Paul Perantoni
